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* '''Strongbow:''' Richard de Clare, the Earl of Pembroke, leader of the Anglo-Norman Invasion of ireland in 1169 | * '''Strongbow:''' Richard de Clare, the Earl of Pembroke, leader of the Anglo-Norman Invasion of ireland in 1169 | ||
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160361&q1=Strongbow Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160361&q1=Strongbow Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
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| + | * '''Apollo:''' Greek god of archery (also of music, poetry, prophecy and healing), often identified with Helios the Sun god → [[helio]] | ||
Revision as of 08:32, 27 June 2006
- Her stringed argent: heraldic term → probably a reference to the official heraldic description of the coat of arms of the Republic of Ireland – namely, the Brian Ború harp, which is "stringed argent" (i.e. has argent/silver-colored strings) "on a field azure." → argent in the preceding line
- nr: "A was an Archer, who shot at a frog" → cf. 004.02 Brékkek Kékkek Kékkek Kékkek! Kóax Kóax Kóax!
- Charles Archer: a character in Sheridan Le Fanu's The House by the Churchyard
- arches → rainbows
- archers strung → archers stringing their bows → cf. Odysseus → Ulysses
- Strongbow: Richard de Clare, the Earl of Pembroke, leader of the Anglo-Norman Invasion of ireland in 1169
- Apollo: Greek god of archery (also of music, poetry, prophecy and healing), often identified with Helios the Sun god → helio
